Review Fix Exclusive: Doug DeVita Talks ‘Repetition’

Review Fix chats with playwright Doug DeVita, who discusses his upcoming production, Repetition.

About The Production:

REPETITION by Doug DeVita; directed by William Spinnato featuring Christopher DeSantis, Alex O’Shea, and Ellyn Stein; performing at Secret Theatre, 4402 23rd Street, Long Island City, NY on Saturday, February 1 at 3:00pm; Sunday, February 9 at 3:00pm; Sunday, February 16 at 7:00pm; Thursday, February 27 at 7:00pm. Tickets: $20 ($22 at the door) https://secrettheatre.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=75

Drunk and alone on New Year’s Eve, they decide to make love… It wasn’t a good idea.

Childhood friends and next-door neighbors Phillie McDougal and Barbie Bradley are both soon to be 25, and they are both still virgins (well, she is… him?) Alone and having had too much to drink, the two best-friends-forever take their relationship to the next level (even though he is gay). As far as Barbie’s mother is concerned, it wasn’t a good idea.

The play is based on characters featured in Doug DeVita‘s award winning play, Phillie’s Trilogy.                                                                                                                                 

Review Fix: What was your inspiration behind this project?

Doug DeVita: Repetition was inspired by the characters I’ve created in my full length play Phillie’s Trilogy. It’s a back-story dramatizing events that are talked about but not seen in the full play.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

DeVita: As I have joked before, I am fueled by martinis and rage. And while that’s not exactly the truth, I have many stories that I just have to tell, and that energy finds its way to the page, often between 3:00 and 6:00 in the morning, when I have to stop and walk the dog, which ENRAGES me (no, I love my dog, I’m besotted with him, but having to stop right when I’m on fire…)

Review Fix: What did you learn/are learning about yourself through this process/production?

DeVita: I am not done with these characters. Not by a long shot!

Review Fix: What are your ultimate goals for this for the future?

DeVita: I think at this point I may turn Phillie’s Trilogy into The Phillie Files, a sort of saga that’s performed in either a marathon session, over a period of two nights, or better yet, a mini-series! HAHAHAHAHA Amazon, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, PBS… are you reading this?

Review Fix: What’s next?

DeVita: I am working very hard to make 2020 the year my work gets produced by someone other than myself. Again, anyone interested in working with a rapidly aging, slowly emerging playwright reading this and want to speed up my transition from caterpillar to butterfly, LMK. SOON! It’s already JANUARY!!!

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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